William M Stenhouse Introduction (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library, General Assembly Library, New Zealand. Library stamps and markings. With rubber stamp "Withdrawn From Parliamentary Library".; Uncommon. 32 pages. Rebound in blue cloth boards. Original printed wrappers bound in. Page dimensions: 213 x 136mm. With a 1 page Preface and an 8 page Introduction by William M. Stenhouse. "Over three years ago, hearing a clergyman at a Dunedin Burns Club meeting ascribe the authorship of 'The Land o' the Leal' to Baroness Nairne, and knowing the flimsy grounds on which this claim rests, I then and there put in a disclaimer, urging the superior claims of Robert Burns. This having led to some controversy, I promised to return to the charge when I cold procure evidence from Scotland. I now redeem my promise." - from the Preface by William M. Stenhouse. [Reference: Bagnall, New Zealand National Bibliography C1765 : "Articles reprinted from the Glasgow Herald."].…